Reliability Assessment SP3.5

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3 questions

Note from the author:

Students will determine reliabilty of internet sources.

List three aspects you need to check when determining reliability.

Imagine you are doing research on gun control and you find the following webpages. Because webpages can change frequently, these links will take you to archived versions of the articles. Please do not consider that in your evaluations. 

A. http://web.archive.org/web/20161205141632/http://people.duke.edu/~gnsmith/articles/myths.htm
B.  http://web.archive.org/web/20170222133426/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun_politics_in_the_United_States

Reliability Assessment SP3.5

List three aspects you need to check when determining reliability.

Which of these two webpages do you think is a better place to start your research?

Explain your choice. Refer to both webpages in your answer.